Discovery: Thieving Irons

Photo by Bernie DeChant

While I might be well-advised to leave all talk of psychedelic music to experts like valis of Trip Inside This House, I harbor a guilt-free affection for the classics of the genre and for latter-day psychsters, especially when their trips aren”t too far out. Call me a timid dabbler in the interstellar arts — I still dig a good trip every now and then.

So when I stumbled upon Thieving Irons, the recording project of Nate Martinez, formerly of the band Pela, I found myself charmed and swayed by the low key blissfulness, the vaguely Scottish accents (those aren’t bagpipes in the background), and the Lanois-esque groove of the song “Wave’s Gonna Break.” I like how Martinez just rides the simple melody, adding and removing parts, and sustaining the feel of a recovering junkie (hooked on loops and guitars that sound like sitars) lost in a desperately beautiful daydream.

This Midnight Hum by Thieving Irons will be released August 24, 2010.

Thieving Irons on Myspace

Download “Wave’s Gonna Break” at Soundcloud

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Posted by | July 9, 2010 | Music | Comment 

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